Hello and Goodbye April
As the spring comes and peaks, I’ve been thinking about the elements of spring and how change comes. For this season, please credit the wind, warmth, and rains.
During Cherry Blossom season I was in New York. Reminded by how much I love this city and the sense of nostalgia the feelings were feeling! I was having a sense of loss for who I was here, who I could be here, and who I am because of this city. I was also moving through feelings of confusion, disillusionment, and disgust in the treatment of the city to its humans and vise versa: in hostile architecture and poop bags in trees. What are theatre’s hostilities and littering and how do we break out of the slow co-devolving of a place, including theatre?
I was in Queens for the National New Play Network Showcase of Readings with my Producer in Residence Cohort, representing InterAct Theatre Company. As we watched new play readings, it reminds me of the sense of “beginning” that comes with the new play life. And how a reading is just like the bud: a physical manifestation of all the rain and warmth’s invocation for growth of a seed.
Greatful to have been in community, appreciative for this life, and enjoying the spring — may May be flowerful.